Chapter 12 Key Terms – Road to Civil War
Chapter 12 Key Terms – Road to Civil War
1. abolitionists: a person who strongly favors doing away with slavery
2. fugitive: someone who has escaped, or is a runaway slave
3. Fugitive Slave Act: a law that required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves
4. sectionalism: loyalty to a region
5. Missouri Compromise: The Compromise of 1820 between the North & South over which future states would have or not have slavery
6. Free Soil Party: new political party that promoted anti-slavery, nominated Martin Van Buren as presidential candidate
7. secede: to leave or withdraw
8. Compromise of 1850: 5 separate bills: California would be a free state, New Mexico could allow slavery, slavery abolished in D.C., stronger fugitive slave law
9. Stephen A. Douglas: Illinois senator who created the Compromise of 1850 and supported popular sovereignty
10. popular sovereignty: the right of voters in each state/territory to decide whether to become a free state or slave state
11. Kansas-Nebraska Act: compromise between the North and South that divided the Nebraska Territory into one free state and one slave state
12. border ruffians: Missourians who traveled in armed groups to vote in Kansas elections during the mid-1850s
13. John Brown: strong abolitionist that believed God chose him to end slavery, led the raid on Harper’s Ferry
14. “Bleeding Kansas”: back and forth fighting between pro-slave and abolitionist forces
15. civil war: conflict between opposing groups of the same country
16. Dred Scott: enslaved African-American who sued for his freedom, but lost because he was not considered a citizen, but property
17. Republican Party: party of Lincoln that believed slavery should be left alone where it existed, but outlawed in new territories/states
18. Abraham Lincoln: Republican presidential candidate from Illinois who wanted to leave slavery alone where it existed, but ban it in new areas
19. Harper’s Ferry: John Brown leads 18 men in an attempt to start a slave rebellion, and is executed, put southerners in fear
20. border states: states between the North & South that were divided over whether to stay in the union or the confederacy
21. secession: withdrawal from the union
22. The Confederacy: southern states that separated from the Union
23. Jefferson Davis: Confederate president from Mississippi that supported states’ rights
24. states’ rights: the belief that states’ rights supersede federal rights and laws
25. Fort Sumter: a fort that guarded Charleston Harbor, and the first battle of the Civil War
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|1. abolitionists |2. fugitive |
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|3. Fugitive Slave Act |4. sectionalism |
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|5. Missouri Compromise |6. Free Soil Party |
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|7. secede |8. Compromise of 1850 |
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|9. Stephen A. Douglas |10. popular sovereignty |
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|11. Kansas-Nebraska Act |12. border ruffians |
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|13. John Brown |14. Bleeding Kansas |
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|15. civil war |16. Dred Scott |
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|17. Republican Party |18. Abraham Lincoln |
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|19. Harper’s Ferry |20. border states |
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|21. secession |22. The Confederacy |
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|23. Jefferson Davis |24. state’s rights |
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|25. Fort Sumter | |
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